CAPITOL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Cagayan de Oro City

EN44
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND PROGRAMING

PLATE NO. 01
SOLVING THE AREA OF A RECTANGLE
TITLE

DATE PERFORMED: EVALUATION RATING:

CRITERIA ACTUAL
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019___ SCORE

Time Spent. Student adequacy of spending

DATE DUE :
time to finish the computer lab activity. (10 pts)
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019___ Effort. Creativity in making the computer lab
activity. (10 pts)
GROUP NO. : Completion of Task. Timeliness in submitting
the final report before the scheduled due date.
_________ (10 pts)
Reasonable Response and Information.
Following specific instruction in the conduct of
the activity. Shows proper sequences of the lab
output and provide proper reasoning for its
report. (10 pts)
Neatness. Neatness, Readability and Legibility.
(10 pts)
SUBMITTED BY : TOTAL SCORE (50 pts)

KRISSA MARIE S. NULO

JUDY ANN B. PAHAYAC
STUDENT

SUBMITTED TO :
ENGR. MARK HEINTJE A. CUANAN
INSTRUCTOR

REMARKS:
1ST SEMESTER SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020
PROGRAM TITLE: SOLVING THE AREA OF A RECTANGLE

PROGRAM RATIONALE:
This project aim to create a program in Visual Basic which calculate the area of a
rectangle with a specific given measurements. The program will calculate the area of
the rectangle.

CONCEPT: The Area of a Rectangle

The area of a polygon is the number of square units inside the polygon. To
understand the difference between perimeter and area, think of perimeter as the length
of fence needed to enclose the yard, whereas area is the space inside the yard.
Perimeter is 1-dimensional and is measured in linear units such as inches, feet or
meters. Area is 2-dimensional: it has a length and a width. Area is measured in square
units such as square inches, square feet or square meters.

To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length by the width. The formula is:

A = L * W where A is the area, L is the length, W is the width, and * means multiply.
FORMULA DERIVATION

Derivation of the Proof of the Area of a Rectangle

Theorem: The area of a rectangle is the product of its length and width.

Consider the square below with side length x + y units. The square is divided into four
parts: two squares and two rectangles. We already know that the area of the two
squares are x2 and y2. We do not know the area of the rectangle yet because that is
what we are trying to prove.

Now, let A be the area of each rectangle shown above. Clearly, the area of the largest
square is the sum of the areas of the two smaller squares and the two rectangles. In
equation form, we have

(x + y)(x + y) = x2 + y2+ 2A.

Expanding the left hand side, we have

X2 + 2xy + y2 = x2 + y2 + 2A.

Subtracting x2 + y2 from both sides results to

2xy = 2A.

Solving for A gives us

A = xy.

But x and y are the length and width of the rectangle, therefore, the area of any
rectangle is the product of its length and its width.